Rereading America - The Myth of One Big Happy Family

The story that I chose to write about was “One Big Happy Family,” by Anndee Hochman. The story is about a young woman whose family life seemed to be the American dream, for those of us looking in from the outside. Her family owned a house in the city like most of us and a house on the beach. The house on the beach was unique with its architecture anomalies, which made the house more …showed first 75 words of 903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 903 total…today. There are several ways to solve the myth of one big happy family, but I feel that as individuals we must first start with our own beliefs. I feel that if more families communicated more with each other, then maybe we would be able to understand the meaning of the “All American Family.” Works Citied Hochman, Anddee. “One Big Happy Family.” Everyday Acts and Small Subversions: Women Reinventing Family, Community, and Home 1994. Rereading America 47